What we do

UEG takes concerted efforts to learn more about digestive disease by prevention, research, diagnosis, cure, and raising awareness of their importance

Our purpose

Together with our member societies, we provide services for all healthcare professionals and researchers in the broad area of digestive health. To advance the standards of care and knowledge across the world and to reduce the burden of digestive diseases, UEG offers numerous activities and initiatives.

UEG’s core values include integrity, quality, diversity, independence, respect, accountability and transparency as an inclusive concept for all our activities. We ensure organisational vitality by rotating volunteer leadership, by professional committed staff, by well-equipped infrastructure and by good governance.

collaborating with biomedical and technological industry in the spirit of open-ness, transparency, integrity and dialogue to foster better healthcare outcomes

setting measures to encourage diversification of income sources to enhance our financial resilience

Strategic Drivers

UEG Week

Organising the best international multidisciplinary digestive health meeting in the world by sharing the highest quality research and best clinical practice, delivering most up-to-date education, and bringing together the sharpest minds.

Strategic objectives:

Increasing quality and quantity of research and scientific submissions

Guaranteeing integration of basic and translational science with innovations in clinical practice

Increasing the attendance from in- and outside Europe for maximal exchange of knowledge

Providing an innovative and friendly networking platform for all participants

Providing an array of awards and prizes to attract excellent science

Education

Taking a central role in delivering and disseminating cutting-edge, unbiased continuing medical education and supporting professional development.

Strategic objectives:

Developing effective training tools and educational content to meet the learning requirements of the future to optimize quality and standards in Europe

Strengthening existing digital learning resources using innovative technology and ensuring easy access to stand out as the premier source in the world for online education

Organising specialised courses for different target groups in Europe based on unmet needs, using the best educational concepts, ensuring multidisciplinarity, hands-on training when appropriate and an evidence-based approach

Promoting multidisciplinarity across Europe by supporting activity-driven collaborative efforts between our members

Establishing an educational European syllabus for all our training opportunities based on the Blue Book of the European Section and Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (ESBGH)

Harmonizing clinical training of professionals and strategies for accreditation in Europe by fostering close links with the ESBGH